Mark Huber

Just trying to get the kids to practice on time

[Mark Huber @MarkHuber01]

@NavyAthletics @NavyFB @American_Conf @AthlonSports and so it begins

[Mark Huber @MarkHuber01]

@RogueUmpire I agree with everything you said, but if I ever see an umpire arrive more than 5 minutes before a game, I'll be shocked.

[Mark Huber @MarkHuber01]

This is happening all the time. It's the norm.

[👉M-Û-R-Č-H👈 @TheEXECUTlONER_]

This happened between an umpire and two dads at a youth baseball game.

The first dad was arguing with the umpire and the umpire told him to leave the field. He warned him that if he didn’t leave he would call the game. 💯

The dad kept arguing for a bit and then starts to walk away but I guess the ump felt it was too late and called the game.

You can hear one of the boys say “just leave”.

Once the game is called another dad comes over and starts yelling at the umpire because he called the game.

I’ll tell you, this is the reason I gave up coaching after 20 years, parents like this. They ruin it for everyone.

What would you do if you were the coach of that team? Ask the fathers not to attend games? Kick the boys off because of their parents? What’s the best way to handle this?

[Mark Huber @MarkHuber01]

Love this. Raises for almost all the players.

[Eternal_Kernal @Eternal_Kernal]

The biggest card for the MLB owners to play is to ensure the 85% of players who don’t make life changing money get significant raises and a rebalancing occurs between what those 85% of players make and what the superstars make.

When that card is played, it’s game over for the MLBPA on the cap/floor issue.

Also, by limiting the revenue to TV money, the MLB owners have allowed for additional revenue to be used to give those raises - but the players will have to negotiate for it on ground chosen by the owners.

The MLB owners know a more competitive league is the key to growing franchise values and real estate investments around ballparks across all markets.

The owners have the room to move and will direct that additional revenue at the bottom 85% of players.

I don’t see how the players hold out against the cap under those circumstances.

Ideally, this unfolds before the ‘27 season. I don’t think it will, though, because the players are going to try to avoid negotiating around the cap and owners won’t negotiate any other aspects until the cap is on the table. It will be a stalemate for a long time but the players are really postponing the inevitable.

["Thunder Dan" Palyo @ThunderDanDFS]

The MLBPA is going to look very dumb and greedy, since everyone can do the math and see that the pool of money going to all players likely remains pretty close

I'm not defending the owners, but the lockout will be on the players if they can't negotiate for a cap in good faith

[David P. Samson @DavidPSamson]

Really trying to appreciate this viewpoint. It’s just so devoid of fact.

[Matthew_Sean @Matthew_Sean96]

Another lie.

[Mark Huber @MarkHuber01]

I like this guy

[Dejan Kovacevic @Dejan_Kovacevic]

This is a literal lie. And Meyer knows it.

Also unspoken here, beyond the base lie, is the outrageous percentage of the players' money that went to a tiny handful. Because they try to sell the union on some drag-up effect ... while doing nothing for their lowest-paid members.

[Shooter McGavin @ShooterMcGavin]

Jared Verse after being told he was traded to the Browns

[Mark Huber @MarkHuber01]

This is true. The owners got their stuff together. This was almost certainly not easy.

[Dejan Kovacevic @Dejan_Kovacevic]

Yep. Everyone’s missing the real headline today: The owners are united. If they weren’t, they’d never be able to formally bring to the table a centralizing of all local TV revenue. It’s actually the single most surprising development out of all this.

[Mark Huber @MarkHuber01]

Finally someone says something about this negotiation that actually makes sense

[Always the Jake @JacobsFieldRBW]

Don’t let the owners fool you. The biggest obstacle to a “fair fight” isn’t the salary cap. It’s the revenue sharing system.

While the salary cap and floor system will be tough to navigate, the most insurmountable challenge in these negotiations will be getting the big market owners on board with the kind of revenue sharing that will make it possible.

Manfred will have to convince these ultra-wealthy owners that sacrificing massive amounts of short-term profits will benefit them personally in the long term. That’s going to be a tough sell, especially for a guy who has proven to be pretty tone deaf in certain circumstances.

[Mark Huber @MarkHuber01]

@JomboyMedia TERRY TERRY TERRY TERRY TERRY

[Jomboy Media @JomboyMedia]

Happy 10 year anniversary to ass in the jackpot

[Anthony Lima @SportsBoyTony]

The mean streets of Bay Village are where the true Ball Knowers are, honing their craft on the fierce city blacktop

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Happy Jose Canseco Hard Head Homer Day to those who celebrate!

[Mark Huber @MarkHuber01]

@ScottStras yeah

[Mark Huber @MarkHuber01]

@navybirddog There is a lot more to winning baseball games than an OPS stat, but I suppose his point is fair.

[Mark Huber @MarkHuber01]

@923TheFan @KenCarman

[Mark Huber @MarkHuber01]

Photos of my daughter Allie with a global superstar…and also with Taylor Swift.

@SportsBoyTony